Senior Vice President, Quality Analytics

Senior executive

Career Explorer · Quality, Regulatory & Product Safety · Quality Analytics Management

M7 · Senior Vice PresidentIndividual contributorSenior Vice President

Standard where organizational scale supports the level

What the role involves

Autonomy: Multiple global functions / large business
Scope: Multiple global functions / large business
Time horizon: 3-5+ years
Expertise and judgement: Shapes corporate portfolio, enterprise tradeoffs and executive talent
Expected impact: Enterprise-wide growth, resilience and strategic execution

Expected skills (24)

Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.

Human (11)

Skill	Importance	Target	What that level looks like
Coaching Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Decision making Thinking & Judgment	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Delegation Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Executive communication Communication & Influence	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Feedback delivery Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Risk judgment Thinking & Judgment	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Stakeholder management Communication & Influence	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Strategic thinking Thinking & Judgment	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Talent development Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Conflict resolution Communication & Influence	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Inclusive leadership Collaboration & Leadership	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.

Professional (11)

Skill	Importance	Target	What that level looks like
Business acumen Business & Strategy	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Financial acumen Business & Strategy	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Performance management Business & Strategy	Core	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.
Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Quality & Regulatory	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) and develops other experts.
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Quality & Regulatory	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and develops other experts.
ISO 13485 Quality & Regulatory	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for ISO 13485 and develops other experts.
Process validation Quality & Regulatory	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Process validation and develops other experts.
Quality Management Systems (QMS) Quality & Regulatory	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Quality Management Systems (QMS) and develops other experts.
Quality documentation Quality & Regulatory	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Quality documentation and develops other experts.
Quality risk management Quality & Regulatory	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Quality risk management and develops other experts.
Resource management Program, Risk & Sustainability	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill.

Technical (2)

Skill	Importance	Target	What that level looks like
Root cause analysis Quality Engineering & Statistics	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice for Root cause analysis, resolves novel problems and shapes long-term capability.
Statistical Process Control (SPC) Quality Engineering & Statistics	Supporting	P5	Defines enterprise or industry practice for Statistical Process Control (SPC), resolves novel problems and shapes long-term capability.

Career ladder

Reached from

Vice President, Quality AnalyticsM6

Next steps

This is the last level on this ladder. Specialization continues; the level does not.

What changes to advance

Move into the top executive cohort; co-own enterprise strategy and the operating model across a company-wide pillar.

Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; SFIA; PMI · MF366-M7